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  • Gardening with Less Water

    Low-Tech, Low-Cost Techniques; Use up to 90% Less Water in Your Garden

    by David A. Bainbridge ...
    This beginner-friendly guide offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently — using up to 90 percent less water for the same results.With illustrated step-by-step instructions, David Bainbridge shows you how to install buried clay pots and pipes, wicking systems, and other porous containers that deliver water directly to a plant’s roots with little ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Middle Age

    A Natural History

    by David Bainbridge ...
    "There's lots of good news for the middle aged…A very jolly book with clear scientific explanations."— The TelegraphDavid Bainbridge is a vet with a particular interest in evolutionary zoology—and he has just turned forty. As well as the usual concerns about greying hair, failing eyesight, and goldfish levels of forgetfulness, he finds himself pondering some bigger questions: have I come to the ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Zoologists Organize Things

    The art of classification

    by David Bainbridge ...
    Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival – differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD

  • Geology

    An Illustrated History

    by David Bainbridge ...
    A wonderfully illustrated history of geology from ancient times to the present dayThe geological processes that underlie all life on Earth can seem intimidatingly vast, ancient, and sometimes even alien. Our planet’s dynamics have fascinated humans for millennia, yet only recently have we developed a clear picture of how they work. This book presents the discoveries and critical scientific ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Stripped Bare

    The Art of Animal Anatomy

    by David Bainbridge ...
    A lavishly illustrated compendium of the art and history of animal anatomy from antiquity to todayFor more than two thousand years, comparative anatomy—the study of anatomical variation among different animal species—has been used to make arguments in natural philosophy, reinforce religious dogma, and remind us of our own mortality. This stunningly illustrated compendium traces the intertwined ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • How Zoologists Organize Things

    The Art of Classification

    by David Bainbridge ...
    Humankind’s fascination with the animal kingdom began as a matter of survival – differentiating the edible from the toxic, the ferocious from the tractable. Since then, our compulsion to catalogue wildlife has played a key role in growing our understanding of the planet and ourselves, inspiring religious beliefs and evolving scientific theories. The book unveils wild truths and even wilder myths ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Paleontology

    An Illustrated History

    by David Bainbridge ...
    An illustrated look at the art and science of paleontology from its origins to todayHumans have been stumbling upon the petrified remains of ancient animals since prehistoric times, leading to tales of giant dogs, deadly dragons, tree gods, sea serpents, and all manner of strange and marvelous creatures. In this richly illustrated book, David Bainbridge recounts how legends like these gradually ... Read more

    $37.39 CAD

  • Fur War: The Political, Economic, Cultural and Ecological Impacts of the Western Fur Trade 1765–1840

    by David A. Bainbridge ...
    The animal fur trade played a key role in the development and ultimate ownership of lands and resources on the West Coast of North America. Yet it is often neglected in histories and understanding of the west. In California classrooms it is skipped almost entirely.The players in this complex conflict included Russia, Great Britain, America, France, Spain, Mexico, Hawaii, and the many First Nations ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration

    New Hope for Arid Lands

    by David A. Bainbridge ...
    Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
    Dryland degradation and desertification now affect almost a billion people around the world. Tragically, the biological resources and productivity of millions of acres of land are lost to desertification each year because people remain unaware of strategies and techniques that could improve yields, reduce risk, and begin healing the world's deserts. A Guide for Desert and Dryland Restoration is ... Read more

    $57.19 CAD

  • Accountability: Why We Need to Count Social and Environmental Cost for A Livable Future

    by David Bainbridge ...
    True Cost Accounting = Environmental and Social ResponsibilityHistorically, our markets and educational system have ignored the economics of sustainability. As a result, we consider only a small part of the exchanges we make and the impact of our actions.This book provides guidance and support for adopting true cost accounting.The challenge is to make true cost reporting and accounting easier for ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tenacity: Remarkable People of the Fur War

    by David Bainbridge ...
    The complex interaction of economics, politics, culture and ecology were described in Volume 1—Fur War. This second volume reveals the remarkable people of the Fur War. The heroes, scoundrels, survivors, oligarchs, observers and psychopaths. Learn how they shaped history.Consider yourself in their shoes.Could you command a ship around the world at the age of nineteen with twenty-two men (most of ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Teenagers

    A Natural History

    by David Bainbridge ...
    Teenagers reimagines the way people think about adolescents. No longer society's scourge and scapegoat, the teenager emerges from David Bainbridge's fascinating study as an awe-inspiring natural phenomenon that evokes reverence and wonder. Bainbridge, a veterinarian and anatomist, suggests that the second decade is the most important in the human lifecycle. In lively prose, he explains the science ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus